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TABOR (1952)

Service dates: 1952-1975

Official number: 185427

Shipping lines: MOSS HUTCHISON LINE LTD.; P&O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION; P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

03.10.1951
Launched by Mrs J W Coats, wife of the Chairman of Moss Hutchison Line Ltd.
06.03.1952
Delivered as Tabor for Moss Hutchison Line Ltd, Liverpool.
01.10.1971
Management transferred to P&O General Cargo Division.
18.04.1973
Ownership transferred to The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
12.09.1975
Sold to Apollonianav Shipping Company SA, Greece (Grecomar Shipping Agency Ltd, managers) and renamed Katia.
1982
Sold to Kate Shipping Co Ltd, Malta, and renamed Kate. Resold the same year to Steel Industrials Kerala Ltd, India, for demolition.
11.03.1982
Arrived at Beypore.
08.1982
Demolition reported in progress.


Ship technical details (PDF)